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Dr. Trita Parsi is the author of the forthcoming book Treacherous Triangle - The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press, 2007.)

He wrote his Doctoral thesis on Israeli-Iranian relations under Professor Francis Fukuyama (and Drs. Zbigniew Brzezinski, R. K. Ramazani, Jakub Grygiel, Charles Doran) at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies while heading the largest Iranian-American organization in the US, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC).

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Interview with American AM, February 19 2007.
Quoted in Next stop Iran?, The Scotsman, February 18, 2007.
Quoted in Raymond Whitaker, Andrew Buncombe and Angus McDowall, US piles pressure on Iran as Rice flies into Baghdad, The Independent, February 18, 2007.
Featured in The Washington Note, Trita Parsi's Role in Promulgating Knowledge of 2003 Iran Proposal, February 17, 2007.
Quoted in Gareth Porter, Rove Said to Have Received 2003 Iranian Proposal, IPS, Feruary 16, 2007.
Featured in Bitte Hammargren, USA missade Irans fredsinvit, Svenska Dagbladet, February 17, 2007.
Quoted in John Donnelly and Farah Stockman, Military offers evidence of Iran arming Iraqi militants, Boston Globe, February 12, 2007.
Quoted in Gareth Porter, First rejected, now denied, The American Prospect, February 9, 2007.
Quoted in Farlig poker vid Persiska viken, Dagens Nyheter, February 6, 2007. (Sweden).
Interview with Charles Goyette, Antiwar Radio, January 2007.
Quoted in the Nation, Stopping the Next War, February 1, 2007.
Quoted in California Chronicle, Barbara Lee Hosts Forum on Iran and Preemption, January 31, 2007.
Quoted in Mark Heinrich, Shunning "timeout" call, Iran, West face conflict, Reuters, January 31, 2007.
To the Point with Warren Olney, NPR, January 30, 2007.
Quoted in Gareth Porter, Israeli Realism on Iran Belies Threat Rhetoric, IPS, January 30, 2007.
The Dianne Rehm Show, NPR-WAMU, January 29, 2007.
What if Iran Suspends? A Western Dilemma, IPS, January 26, 2007.
Quoted in Thomas Omestad, Taking Iran down a notch, US News & World Report, January 21, 2007.
Quoted in Lolita Baldor, U.S. Turns Focus to Iran, AP, January 17, 2006.
Bush's Iraq Plan - Goading Iran into War, IPS, January 12, 2007.
Featured in UPI, Iranian-American head slams new Iraq plan, January 12, 2007.
Quoted in Jay Solomon, Pentagon Intensifies Pressure on Iran, The Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2007.
US failure to talk to Iran is a key contributor to the region's instability, Financial Times, January 3, 2007.
Interview with Radio Free Europe, December 27, 2006. (Text/Audio)
To the Point with Warren Olney, NPR, December 26, 2006. (Audio)
Blair's Mideast Message Echoes Past Failure, IPS, December 22, 2006.
Quoted in Larisa Alexandrovna, Source says 'outsider' Gates prepped for confirmation by Cheney's office, Raw Story, December 22, 2006.
Appearance on C-Span, December 20, 2006. (Video)
Interview with KPFK, Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles. (Audio)
Quoted in Sam Logan, Balancing Venezuelan-Iranian relations, ISN Security Watch, December 14, 2006.
Quoted in Iran group prez welcomes Baker report, UPI, December 7, 2006.
Quoted in Andrew Higgins and Jay Solomon, Iranian Imbroglio Gives New Boost To Odd Exile Group, Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2006.
Quoted in Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay, Bush tries to strengthen `Sunni bulwark' to contain Iran, McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 28, 2006.
Quoted in Jay Solomon, U.S. May Use Sectarian Split to Contain Iran, Wall Street Journal, November 22, 2006.
Quoted in Bitte Hammargren, Washington redo f�r ny Iranpolitik, SVD, November 21, 2006.
Quoted in Guy Dinmore, White House hunts for way into Iran talks, Financial Times/MSNBC, November 15, 2006.
Iran Is Key to Course Change on Iraq, IPS, November 9, 2006.
To the Point with Warren Olney, NPR, October 31, 2006. (Audio)
Quoted in President Bush Plays Hide And Seek On The Campaign Trial, American Chronicle, October 30, 2006.
Quoted in Katrina vanden Heuvel, Don't Let Them Manufacture Another War, The Nation, Octoer 11, 2006.
Quoted in Dan Robinson, Former Weapons Inspector, Experts Warn Against Military Action Toward Iran, VOA, 12 October 2006.
Interview with Time Magazine, October 6, 2006.
Quoted in Golnaz Esfandiari, Iran: Israel Views Threats With Increasing Seriousness, RFE/RL, September 25, 2006.
Italy Boosts Talks on Iran, but Real Test Lies Ahead, AntiWar.com, September 21, 2006.
Quoted in Kim Landers, Iranian President defends nuclear stance at UN General Assembly, ABC, 22 September , 2006.
Quoted in Jim Lobe, Bush Clears Task Force to Meet With Iranians, IPS, September 19, 2006.
Talk of the Nation, NPR, September 19, 2006.
Quoted in Kim Landers, Bush makes the case for Iran sanctions, ABC, September 19, 2006.
Interview with PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, September 13, 2006. (Text, Audio and Video)
Mentioned in Bill Berkely, Know Thine Enemy, Columbia Journalism Review, September/October 2006.
Quoted in Farah Stockman, Khatami caught between worlds, Boston Globe, September 10, 2006.
EU and Iran Find Their Roles Reversed, IPS, September 7, 2006.
Quoted in Mark Heinrich, Report may expose Iran to sanctions, Reuters, August 30, 2006.
Washington's Enrichment Fetish, TomPaine.com, August 28, 2006.
Quoted in Hossein Jasseb, Iran dismisses U.S. threat of sanctions coalition, Reuters, August 28, 2006.
Quoted in Anne Gearan, Bully role won't help with Iran, AP, August 26, 2006.
Europe Has Six Days to Resolve Suspension Dilemma, IPS, August 25, 2006.
Quoted in Ron Popeski, Russia rules out UN sanctions against Iran for now, Reuters, August 25, 2006.
Quoted in Mark Heinrich, Iranian reply to atom offer seeks timetable-report, Reuters, August 24, 2006.
Newshour with Jim Lehrer, PBS, August 22, 2006. (Video and text)
Quoted in Helene Cooper, Iran Sanctions Could Fracture Coalition, New York Times, August 22, 2006.
Quoted in David Millikin, Ambiguous Iran reply in nuclear showdown could split West: analysts, AFP, August 22, 2006.
Talk of the nation, NPR,August 21, 2006. (Audio)
NIAC Brief: Influencing Iran�s nuclear options, August 7, 2006.
Quoted in Gary Thomas, Experts: Lebanon Crisis May Complicate Iran Nuclear Issue, Voice of America, 31 July 2006. (Audio version available)
Quoted in Katherine Shrader, Rice's mission marred by Israeli attack, AP, July 30, 2006.
Quoted in Guy Dinmore, White House 'has no desire to draw Syria and Iran into war', Financial Times, July 28, 2006.
NIAC Issue brief: is Iran behind the war in Lebanon?, NIAC, July 24, 2006.
Quoted in Tony Karon, Six Fallacies of the U.S. Hizballah Campaign, July 23, 2006.
Quoted in Jefferson Morley, Iran -- Instigator or Bystander?, Washington Post, July 25, 2006.
Quoted in BBC News, Iran's role in crisis still murky, July 24, 2006.
To the Point with Warren Olney, NPR, July 18, 2006. (Audio)
Israel Readies for Iran Showdown by Attacking Lebanon, IPS, July 17, 2006.
Quoted in "Iran and Israel - Strategic Rivals or Ideological Enemies?," BBC Persian, July 16, 2006.
A parallel strategy can free Washington, BitterLemons-International, July 7, 2006.
Israel Fears High Price for U.S. Strike on Iran, IPS, July 5, 2006.
Featured in Washington Post, Iran on the Potomac, Washington Post, June 25, 2006.
Quoted in Glenn Kessler, In 2003, U.S. Spurned Iran's Offer of Dialogue, Washington Post, June 18, 2006.
Quoted in James Besser, Iran dilemma leaves many open questions, The Jewish News Weekly, June 16, 2006.
Talk of the nation, NPR, June 12, 2006.
Under the Veil of Ideology: The Israeli-Iranian Strategic Rivalry, MIDDLE EAST REPORT ONLINE, June 9, 2006.
Quoted in Bill Nichols, Bush optimistic about Iran's reaction to nuke plan, USA TODAY, June 7, 2006.
Interview with Israel Policy Forum, June 7, 2006.
Dianne Rehm Show, NPR/WAMU, June 5, 2006.
Interview with Council on Foreign Relations, May 30, 2006.
Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, CNN, May 9, 2006.
Quoted in Barbara Slavin, US disregards Iranian letter, USA Today, May 9, 2006.
The United States�s double-vision in Iran, OpenDemocrcay, May 9, 2006.
To the Point with Warren Olney, NPR, May 5, 2006. (Audio)
Weekday with Steve Scher, NPR/KUOW, March 3, 2006. (Audio)
Dianne Rehm Show, NPR/WAMU, February 9, 2006. (Audio)
Dianne Rehm Show, NPR/WAMU, January 19, 2006. (Audio)
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, January 12, 2006. (Video)

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